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El Salvador evacuates 1,000 people near volcano

The Associated Press

Updated:
05/19/2014 09:30:39 PM EDT

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — At least 1,000 people living near the Chaparrastique volcano have been evacuated as a precautionary measure after seismic activity increased at the volcano, Salvadoran civil protection authorities said Monday.

There was an explosion early Monday and the volcano then spewed reddish ash, officials said.

The Civil Protection Department said in a statement that an alert had been declared for the municipality of San Miguel, where the volcano is located. The city of San Miguel itself is 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the volcano. It is one of the largest cities in the Central American country.

The 7,025-foot (2,129-meter) volcano is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.

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